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- Our thanks to Jim Dunmyer for providing the following information!
-
- Using MFM/LAN with the TBBS V2.3 file interface:
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-
- Set up your LAN so there is a drive that is common to both the BBS and
- the CD-ROM nanny. That is, when you do a "DIR [drivespec]" from either
- the BBS machine OR the CD-ROM nanny, you should see the same, exact
- thing. With Lantastic, the syntax might be:
-
- NET USE B: \\BBS\E-DRIVE
-
- This line is in the STARTNET.BAT on both the BBS *and* the nanny, and
- causes the above-mentioned "DIR B:" command to look at the E: drive on
- the BBS. Note that using the B: specifier in this manner is legitimate
- and will work fine, but any "real" B: drive on either machine is unusable
- while the LAN is running. This "NET USE" command should point to a
- unique drive letter that is unused by anything else. It might work with
- other setups, but be careful!
-
- Here's an example STARTNET.BAT for the nanny, using Lantastic configured
- for IPX:
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- rem starts Lantastic & CD-ROM
-
- lsl
- ne2000
- ipxodi a
- odinsup
-
- ai-ndis bind_to=ne2000 receive_buffers=4 no_receive_holdoff
-
- ailanbio
- rem share /f:4096
- redir cdrom logins=6
-
- MSCDEX /D:MSCD005 /M:24 /L:W /V
-
- net login \\bbs user
- net clock \\bbs
- net use b: \\bbs\e-drive
-
-
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- Do not proceed until you have this "common" drive concept working!
- ==================================================================
-
-
- Install MFMLAN.EXE on the CD-ROM nanny.
-
- Install your MFM.KEY in the directory on the BBS drive where MFMLAN is
- told to look for files. This is set in CEDIT, under the "slow, remote
- drive" setup configuration, within the "Other, File Handling" area.
-
- While in CEDIT, specify your "Slow, Remote Drives", and your "Staging
- Directory". Be sure to set "Stage Method=1" (MFM). TBBS will make the
- directories beneath the \STAGE directory.
-
- Run MFMLAN on the nanny; the command line should be:
-
- MFMLAN B:\MFM\ /T1
-
- This will cause MFMLAN.EXE to look in the BBS' B:\MFM (actually on E:,
- remember?) once per second to see if there are any requests.
-
- If you want to use Pioneer changers on the nanny, you can use Pioneer's
- XDISC.EXE utility, and when MFMLAN sees a request for a file on "Y3:",
- it will call that program to mount disk number 3 and get the file. Note
- the spelling of the utility's name, it is NOT "XDISK.EXE".
-
- Tips:
-
- You don't need a hard drive on the CD-ROM nanny, but if you want to
- shell out to DOS to recomment .ZIP files during the copy, you'll
- probably want a RAM disk. You don't need everything on the RAM disk,
- only COMMAND.COM, MFMLAN.EXE, and a few other essentials; a 750K RAM
- disk is big enough.
-
- To do the re-comment, change record number 811 in STANDARD.LNG to read:
-
- Copy %1%2
- ^JB:\UTIL\QZC.COM %P%s B:\MFM\COMMENT.TXT
- ^J%NAME%
- ^J
-
- This runs a program called "QuickZipComment.COM", others will work fine.
-
- When starting up MFMLAN.EXE, do a "DEL B:\MFM\LAN*.*" to clean up any
- leftover stuff. This is necessary if your nanny hiccups for any reason.
-
- It is unnecesary to load SERVER.EXE on the nanny unless you want to
- access the CD-ROMs from another workstation for some reason. And, you
- never want to stage the [copied] files on the nanny's hard drive, that
- defeats the entire purpose of the nanny concept.
-
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-
- For more information on the LAN Workload Manager, aka "MFM/LAN" please
- drop by the GW Associates Customer Support System at (508) 429-8385 or
- call Pete White voice at (508) 429-6227. We're always here to help.
-